"It popped open. I held the door for him, and he walked in," Witkus said. Witkus watched Einstein go into the sally port, and ...

Letters that are now being auctioned at Christie's bear witness to this.Throughout his life, Albert Einstein was a pop star of science. "Making Science, Love and Coffee": This could have very well ...

Little wonder that those after Newton called him lucky—"for there is only one universe to discover, and he discovered it." But what of Einstein? Well, Einstein felt compelled to apologize to Newton.

it was as if I were watching my grave being dug," he wrote pathetically, "the little happiness I had left has been destroyed, all that remains is a desolate life of duty." Einstein did not address ...

it was as if I were watching my grave being dug," he wrote pathetically, "the little happiness I had left has been destroyed, all that remains is a desolate life of duty." Einstein did not address ...

I held the door for him, and he walked in," Witkus said. Witkus watched Einstein go into the sally port, and "the door shut on its own weight." The door had a little window so Witkus could see ...

It only emerged later that Einstein’s relationship with his first girlfriend, Marie Winteler, was apparently more than just a youthful flirtation. “When I read your letter, it was as if I were ...

Okay, maybe you’ve never wondered who invented swim flippers… but here’s a fun fact: It was Benjamin Franklin, when he was ...